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Switzerland Flashcards

1
Q

The most cultivated white grape variety in Switzerland is (blank)

A

Chasselas.

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2
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What does Chasselas taste like?

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An unexciting variety elsewhere, Chasselas can produce refined, mineral-driven wines in the moderate climate of Switzerland’s valleys.

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3
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What are the other main white grapes of Switzerland?

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Müller-Thurgau, Chardonnay, and Sylvaner, known locally as Johannisberg, are also widespread.

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4
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What are the other main red grapes of Switzerland?

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Among the red varieties, Pinot Noir, Gamay, and Merlot are commonly encountered.

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5
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What is the most important canton in Switzerland?

A

Valais

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6
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Valais’s vineyards are clustered around what river?

A

The Rhone River

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7
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Valais is also the (blank) winegrowing region in Switzerland.

A

driest

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8
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What are the main grapes grown in Valais?

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Fendant (Chasselas) and Dôle, a blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay

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9
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What is Chasselas known in Vaud?

A

Dorin

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10
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Valais is to the ________ of Lake Geneva.

A

East

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11
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True or False: Switzerland is a member of the European Union and follows EU wine regulations.

A

False

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12
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What is the most planted white grape in Switzerland?

A

Chasselas

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13
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Dôle is a common blend in Switzerland that uses which two varieties as the majority of the blend?

A

Pinot Noir and Gamay

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14
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Switzerland’s climate can be best generalized as ________.

A

Cool

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15
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Swiss Blanc des Blancs is typically produced from which grape?

A

Chasselas

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16
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The five major wine producing Cantons are Geneva, Neuchâtel, Ticino, Valais, and (blank)

A

Vaud

17
Q

What is the term for a Swiss autonomous region, similar to an autonomía in Spain or a province in Canada?

A

Canton

18
Q

True or False: Wine laws are set by each individual canton, not by a national governing body.

A

True

19
Q

In Vaud AOC wines, what percentage of grapes must come from the stated AOC?

A

90%

20
Q

What is the easternmost grand cru of Valais?

A

Salquenen

21
Q

True or False: Salvagnin is similar in style to Dôle.

A

True

22
Q

The grape Amigne reaches its highest quality in which Grand Cru of Valais?

A

Vétroz

23
Q

Ermitage is a synonym for what grape in the Valais?

A

Marsanne

24
Q

Match the synonym for Chasselas to the region it is used in.

Dorin
Perlan
Fendant

A

Dorin - Bonvillars
Perlan - Mandement
Fendant - Vétroz

25
Q

Heida is a synonym for which grape?

A

Savagnin

26
Q

Which of the following cantons is NOT French speaking?

A

Ticino

27
Q

Ticino’s sub-regions of Sopraceneri and Sottoceneri are loosely translated to being “north of” and “south of” what geographic feature?

A

Mt. Ceneri

28
Q

Three Lakes is used as a synonym for which canton?

A

Neuchâtel

29
Q

True or False: Swiss wine merchants were allowed to blend imported wine into their own until 2006.

A

True

30
Q

In Vaud AOC wines, what percentage of grapes must come from the stated AOC?

A

90%

31
Q

Côtes de l’Orbe, Chablais, and Bonvillars are regional AOCs in which canton?

A

Vaud

32
Q

Lake Bodensee separates Switzerland from which other two major wine producing regions?

A

Württemberg and Baden

33
Q

What is Vin des Glacier?

A

Rèze - is the grape (and one of the oldest indigenous grapes of Swiztlerland)

Style - maderized wine stored in high altitude soleras

34
Q

In 2010, the Vaud appellation system was simplified, bracketing the former 26 village AOCs into six regional AOCs: What are they?

A

Côtes de l’Orbe, Bonvillars, Vully (by lake Neuchatel)

La Côte, Lavaux, Chablais (by Lake Geneva)

35
Q

What are the crossings of Salvagnin?

A

Gamaret and Garanoir

36
Q

(Blank), a small canton on the southwestern shore of Lake Geneva, contains the country’s densest plantings. Here Chasselas and Gamay dominate, though Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are gaining notoriety.

A

Geneva

37
Q

What grapes dominate in Geneva?

A

Chasselas and Gamay dominate, though Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are gaining notoriety.

38
Q

What are all the synonyms of Chasselas?

A

Dorin
Perlan
Fendant

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